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number of members (total, active and inactive)

just curious, but is there somewhere, and i could not find anything, where we can see the total number of users at this site? i know i can look up the users, however i was just curious to know how large this community was. and is there a way to know the total number of active versus inactive (haven't logged on in say &gt;180 days) users? again, just curious. tia!

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Of the 111971 total users probably .5% ( a half a percent or 559 users ) actually use the site with even casual frequency ( once every two months )...and maybe a quarter of those ( 139 users ) frequent the site on a regular basis.

But this is typical of most forum enviroments...most people sign up just to get an answer then leave and don't come back until they need help again. The ones that stay and post frequently are the ones generally looking for more than just an answer to a question...usually what they're looking for is a community.

Which is why I've always said this place can never be strictly a security site...without the community aspect it would die, and die very fast.

Well since January 1st 2006, 355 individual members with 20+ posts have visited the site and posted at least once. Make that 10 posts and it becomes 434. Total individual posters in that period is 748.

This does not include those who simply log on and look around without posting, I guess it depends on your definition of "active".

Another factor is the people who would simply access the site, look around and not bother to log in unless they had something to say. They would just show up as "guests".